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• • • • • 1 NAVAL 14,EVitr. Ibe LONDON GAZETTEI lete, is, 1139. amir ally. Office, May 13, 1 80 0 1 Extra& bra Letter from Captain Harvard, of his Majesty's sloop the Pal thian, to Admiral Young, Cammander•tn- Chief of his Majesty's ships at Plymouth, and transmit. tta by him to the Hon. %V. NV. Pole, dated at Sea, the sth instant. On the 2d inst. in let. 43 deg. N. long. g deg. W. brig was discerned in tbe west, and from the des criPtion previously received, soon, made out to be La Nouvelle Gironde, the noted pr ivateer of Bour deaux ; which vessel, I am - happy to acquaint you, 'was captured after a chase, in light winds, of thirty six hours, owing to the'unremitted, exceeding great, and determined exertions of every individual on board, who perseveringly continued to labour hard At the sweeps nearly the whole chase. • La Nouvelle Gironde is a fine copper-fastened brig, commanded by Mons. Lecomte, mounting four twelve and ten four-pounders, with a com plement of eighty-six men (fifty-eight on board), out forty-five days. In the capture of such a scourge to the trade, I Cannot but feel gratified; particularly as she has been chased during this last cruize by twelve differ ent men of war, none of which, by the prisoners' *mounts, bad the smallest chance of nearing-her. PLYMOUTH, MAY 13.--Arrived his Majesty's ship tibrough, of 74 guns, from the Brazils, nine ' 4 'eaca passa g e ; she brought over Mr. BYWG, Secre tary to Lord STRANGFORD, and Mr. MANUEL TOR* aw n DE AtintiAD, with dispatches, with which he knded and vet off for town immediately. The Master of a vessel which arrived here last e reoiag from Ilourdeaux, states, that there are in that poit 100 sail of vessels, laden with brandy, vine, Ste. Which are expeaed to sail immediately, for different pores in Great Britain. arrived his Majesty's ship Monarch, of 74 guns, from Itio Janeiro ; /IPtl-Ann, HARRISON, from Sunderland; Providence, from Newcastle ; 'OW Intent, flax, and Frigitiis, COMING, from Lianelly ; and Thomas, SWAFFIN ) from Meath ; the Bonne CitOyenne sloop of war, Capt. THOMPSON, front Portsmouth; and is expeaed ? to .sail imme diately, supposed to be destined for the 'WU Indies. Its Majesty's ships Marlborough and Monarch, left the Brazils the 7th nf March. Adniirid Sir 811 tialt &Arm, in the Fondroyant, with the Bed ford and ilgamennon, sailed sit the same time, ott a cruize, for a few days. • , The London sailed from the Brazils the a th of ICLarch, with a convoy for England, but haS not yet arrived. The Monarch and MarltoroUgh, spoke his Ma jesty's ships Britiant and P l antage n et, ' With Colt -1.07 wing up Channel, on Thursday. The •Dorus frasport, 'on her passage from Ports _lll°4o}, to Lisbon, ran foul of the Bonne Citoyenne 460 0 Of war, and sunk in fifteen Minutes; the crew, and a Cldfachmenr of the 3d Regiment Of Dragoons, had barely time to save themselves, by getting' on board the Bonne Citoyenne ; thirty-five horses be- Itingintto the regiment, together with the baggage; sfid other property, went down in the ship. The Ocean, Lord COLLINGWOOD'S 'flag-ship, is expeaed home to refit; the Ville de Paris, of 110 gims, on board which his Lordship intended to hoist his flag, had not joined him on the 22d of March, but was then hourly looked for. Sailed the intelligent gun brig, Lieut. TucK ER, 'with a Messenpr, and dispatches on board, for Spain ; Raven and Eyderen sloops of war, on a cruize. Arrived the Thais fire-ship, from the Cape of - Good Ii•Iope; and the Meritira frigate, from the coast ,of France. Sailed the Enireprenante cutter, and Boune Ci toyenne sloop of war. -Arrived the Diana East indiaman, Capt. MAR• snma., from Bengal ; parted company, with the f l e et it; a gale of wind, three weeks since; Mr. and Mi. Olin landed here from her, and "t Oft' fol. London immediately, with dispatches. •I3is Majesty's ships• Powerfni. and _..Minn, of 74 guns each; passed up Channel yesterday, in compa -1131 with the Tigriss eltra ship, C. , y/Or4 regular Ship, and another vessel, from the East _lndies. His Majesty's Ship Grani,ius, of 50 guns, is said t o be in the Channel, with a convoy from the East Indies. Arrived the Martha, of and from Waterford, IiRLLYRR, Master, with provisions for this port; and the John. Bull cutter from a cruise. Sailed the Busy Cutter, for Madeira ; also sailed two Transports,' with trooPi.on board, for Ireland. Arrived several French prizes, captured by the Meatrsa.frigate on the coast of France. Remain in Camsand Bay the Marlborough and Monarch. - Arrived the -Dart; PATTaasotf, from Madeira', bound to London; laden With wine, put id here by contrary winds; the British schooner, Roebieck, .4.)rtit?.mati, from Rio Nzeuus, and Isle of Goree, bound to London, laden with bees-wax, ivory, gun, cotton-wool; and hides, last from St. Michaerx;'4,the brig ilfineera, INIACAULEY, horn Sierra Leone, laden with ivory, coffee,' wine, Bze. bound to Loudcn, both put in here by contrary winds. f4t4ourti, MAY li.----Arrived off the Harbour hit Majesty's. Ship nonne.Citoyenne, from Lisbon in 12 days, she landed CoIoneI.BAGLEY, 'charged. witn Dispatches from the Hon. Mr. VILLIEII3. The French have about 50,000 men in and near Portu gal, viz. 12,000 at Oporto, 12,00 n at .Salamanca, ancl . 3sON under Vtcron, at Radajos. The Por tuguese army, under General BBRESFORD, and the British, under Generals CIiADDOCK and HILL, are • on their march towards them. The Princes - s Char kite Packet . , Which was safe arrived at Lisbon, will no doubt bring some intelligence of a skirmish with those near Oporio. The Portuguese Ambassador from the , CoUrt of St. Petersburg!), arrived here this evening, to take his passage in the Snake'Packet for the Brazils . , Arrived the Mary Ann American Ship, the Yi)ung Margaritta, and the Felix, all from Bourdeaux, with brandy, wine, &c. for orders. Put in by contrary winds the outward-b9und NTew foundland ships under convoy of the Alert. PORTSMOUTH, MAY, 14.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Magicienne from a cruize, and thi Cracker, with a convoy front the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's, Ships Thfseill and 'Meade, with a convoy for the Downs. YA R6llOO-13, MA if 4.--Salted the Nincess Caro lina oh *Mize, and the Gorgon for. the. Baltic. The Court• Martial on Admiral HARVEY' is fixed for Monday the 22d instant, at Portsmouth. The charge is, for using improper language to Lord GAMEleit, the Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet; in consequence of Lord COtnitANa having been appointed to attack the French Fleet in Basque Roads. The Court will be composed of the follow ing distinguished Officers:—Admiral Sir R. Curtis, President.=—Admirals Holloway, Sir J. T. Duck worth, Sir H. E. Stanhope, Datyas, CaMpbell, Wells, Sutton, and Otway. Captains the Hon. A. K. Legge, Beresford, Irwin, and the next senior Captain at the port. M. Greetham, Esq.. Judge Advocate.—Charles Bicknell, Esq. the Admiralty Solicitor, is to assist him. Ministers sent instructions, with the sant:lion of the KING, on Friday, to the High Court of Admi ralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice Admi ralty, for restoring all Ships and Vessels belonging 'to the Emperor of AUSTRIA. On Saturday Lieut. Bays,, and two Midshipmen belonging to the Ranger and Mete frigates, arrived in town from Valenciennes, from which .place they had made their escape. They speak of the great civility they experienced from the peasants, ;0 the several Villages, &c. through which they passed. They had a long interview with Lord MULGRAVE at the AdMiralty. nrtomAr. 13613 T.—An Account, spewing what has been redeemed of the National Debt, th e cl Laud and Imperial Loan, to the itn of May, t 8.09. _ • _ Rea s eemed by Annual Million, &c. • C741 26 9,' 8 7 Ditto on agount of Loans . 7 6 . 43 930:13 tithe by Lmitl Tax • 23,:47,137 , Ditto by il. per cent. per ann. en Imperial. Loan 90,391 Transferred for purchase of Life Annuities , 617, t 66 Total ,C175,11t5,5,39 The sum to be 'etiliehded in the ensuing quarter is 20104,6881. lbs. Id. The Persian Government is said to have taken the alarm, in consequence of a demand made by the General GARDANNE, the French Ambassador, that A pdttion of the Persian army should be officered by Frenchmen. AU communication with the French mission was Suspended, and it was rumoured that all Frenchnieni Without diitinilion, would be ordered to quit the Persian dominions. We are happy to hear that the late misunderstand. ing between the British and Chinese, at Macao, has been amicably adjusted, to the interest of the former. Dispatches were received on Saturday from the Brazils. The private letters which came by the same opportunity, were delivered tiu; Morning. We are glad to learn that the patriotic Members of the Cabilda of Buenos Ayres, who were shipped off by LINIBRII I have some chance of being restor ed to usefulness on the shores of La Plata. As soon as the Governor of Monte Vitiect was apprised of this aa of violence and atrocity,' lie fitted out a Vessel to pursue and capture the sloop which Con veyed them. Tits BISHOP OP LoNnotc—The Right Reverend BEILBY PORTEUS. Bishop of London, died yester day at the Episcopal Palace, Fulham. He • had reached the 78th year of his age, and through .the whole of his life had been distinguished for those virtues which were suitable to his Sacred calling.-.4n the earlier part of his life he amused himself in po etical compositiens, which were highly creditable :o his taste, anti which were always subservient to the interests of virtue and religion ; but he soon took leave of the Muses, though he was always fond of the society of chargters.—A few years ago he highly gratified the public by a series of Dis course's, which he delivered in St. James's Church, and which attracted very' numerous cangregailOns. In the year 1765, he married Miss lionGsost, of Parliament-street.—He was unremitting in discharg °ing the duties of his sacred office, which are much more laborious than is generally supposed.--. The great bell at St. Paul's tolled yesterday in conse quence of the death of his Lordship, a custom only bbserred 'on such occasions, arid en the death of the Lord Mayor, or any of the Royal A private letter from Waterford, gives an account of the Murder of Mr. Power, of Benvoy, in that County, Eirnost worthy andrespeaable man, by SUMO tntlians who attacked his house to rob it of arms.— Mr. Power was in his 70th year. INHUMAN CIILIIIVEY TO A froasa.-r-A trotting 'match took place last week against time, byli poney, being backed to go Cio miles in six successive hours, from Gosport to liavkrford-hill, and back; thepor aaimal, however, when within tour miles of its Jour ney's end, fell, and expired immediately. 04 . the lath, William Ste Wart, Clerk in the Post-offiee, Perth, was committed to the prisOn there, on a, charge of abstracting money from let ters. In searchiag his trunk, it appeared that he was possessed, in bills and cash, of upwards of 20001, The salary of his office, which lie had held for five vears. is only 361. pec mutual, 131_,'LLLTIA'S OF 7'llE 4usraultir:4lNtr, TEA: MATED ROM 1.141?, VIENNA COURT G. 4101141. SECOND BULLETIN. fleacLquarters Alt-Vetting, April rs. Agreeably to the prescribed ,arrangetnenta, ,the army advanced on the ail, further towards the Vils and the iser. The weal her was very bad, bAkt the troops en dured a:I the hardships of an uncommonly severe season, with the greatest cheerfulness. On the Loth, at half-past ten in the morning, Field Marshal Damaylca entered Passau. The enemy retired, but by the rapid advance of our troops, a French Officer of Engineers, and eight pioneers were taken. A French General in the up per fort escaped with difficulty. Prince Aos END It KG, Commander of t he t t.ll corps - of the army, summoned the fort to surrender, but this summons was, in com pbance with the custom of war', answered by a re fusal. . The true patriotic Spirit; of the inhabitants of ratiSail was clearly demonstrated by the joy . they displayed on our entering the town. They imme• diately printed the Proclamation of his Royal High ness thekieneralissimo to the German Nation, and disiribmed 2000 copies to the 'people of the country: Thus the feeling of the Germao independence re and is cherished among them. Tit! RD BULLETIN'. Head -patters at Vils , ./liburg. April is. The colleCted on the Vils, and will to morrow pass the Iser at Landshut and Dingeltingen. The enemy appears disposed to dispute the pas sake. The army is anxious 'to meet him, and to came to blows. Field Marshal JaLt..scni 'en has.by this time also passed the Inn at I.osenheim and Wassenburgh, and advanced against Munich. - An advanced post of the enemy has been Itif(ell at Ha'ag ; 13 prisoners and" 17 horses tell into our hands. The enemy lost some killed and wounded; on our side we had Only one huisar slightly wounded. , Oa the oth, • Yield Marshal CH *STELLAR amidst .the joyful acclamations of the faithful Tyrolese,. en tered the Tyrol at Lieuz, ' through the Pusterthal,. and on the t ath had already reached Brauneck ; the Salt/berg Jagers and some detachments of infantry, provided with snow and climbing-irons, co-operate with him by the Zillerthal. Our patroles are push ed forward to Reit:heated, Lofets, , and St. Johan ; the Militia of Loferkhawoccupied the pass of Strub, on© of the most important entrances from Salt zburg into the Juhthal. The Tyrolese are every where flying to arms and expelling the Bavarians ; IbUO of the latter have taken refuge in the fortress of Kid stein, and are besieged there by the Tyrolese. A French Officer bad recently 'taken . the command of that fortress; the Bavarians, however, begin to be tired, of the French superiority, and fbel sensibly the deep degradation of their oppressed situation. .Their disgust. at the arrogance: or the French Of ficers has, in szveratiostiinces, produced acts of vio lence, kOURTIt IU►LLETQN. kiaail-Quattati .4- I .4.usidUit..- A Aril i 6. This day the army advanced to the her. The fifth corps was in the front and found the bridge at Landshut broken down. A division of from six to 8000 Bavarian, under General Detwv, defended the passage. 'There remained nothiOg to be done but to open a passage by force. The Iridge Was 4tc cordinglyre.establisned under the tire of the enemy the fifth corps crossed, and an adion followed, which terminated by the retreat of the Bavarians. On both sides there were some killed and wounded, but our loss would have been still less niacin been poisible to restrain the ardour of the troops. • Landshut is the key of the her; we are in pos oe4sion of a great part of Bal'Sriii. The General of cavalry Count littLi.e.nAnne broke up irons Bohemia on the toth, with the first corps of the army, by Tirsobettreith, and oil the 12th formed a jundicin at Werenberg with the corps 'Of the army which had entered i ne . Upper Palatinate by Rushaupten. Both corps took a position oh the Nab, and their vanguard occupied' the heights of Hirschau in order to watch the road from . Bayreuth to Aalborg. Here Tan attair of advanced posts took place with the division of Friant, which was under stood to be approaching in order to reach the Danube by a rapid march through Ambergh. The owe, queuce of the anion was, that this division was driven' back to Neumarkt, and our advanced posts . occupied Amberg. The brave Tyrolese have already killed or taken prisoners all the French and Bavarian soldiers in their territory. All the passes in the Upper Juntleil, as the Zinler-berg, the Schmitz, Leutztsh, &c. are occupied by the militia if the eountr):. • On the 121h, \ sbo men of the 'nth 13,ivariatt re-' &nen; of iutat,try, and lel dragoonS,.with hair a battil, were tnaoe prisoners at losprock. On the I 3111, French Officers, 5077 men, 'with .1:44 lion el, and two light battalions of Ba variaus,, with IWQ pieces of cannon, awl a howitzer, surrendered at Wildau to the Tyrolese, by capitula tion, 'rn-morrow the army moves towards the Upper Danube. Hitherto we have fallen in with no French troops, though ih the anion of this day some Freirch Officers were taken 'Among the Bavarians. FIFTH BULLETIN. Head-quarters, at Landshut, April r 7. According to the concurring reports of all the prisoners, as well as the inhabitants at Lindshut; the French General Lamas has collected 12,000 Bavarians from the neighbourhood of Munich and Freysingen, with a view of stopping__ the passage of the Austrian army by Landshut. The approach to the bridges was extremely difficult. They'were besides broken down, and the enemy's Tirailleurs, who had occupied the houses on the opposite bank, could only be driven therefrom by cannon being brought to bear upon them—each gun on our side was tneunted under a shower of small shot from the enemy. In doing this, however, our artillery displayed the greatelt resoluticai, and in two hours 04 whole of the opposite side of the town was in Tile unfortunate inhabitants, in the midst of their ruined houses, bewail the melanc:loly fate to which this foie towtt bas beat exposed by their own ' • tattnitymen: , .Tlie French, 'Min. by misrepreientW would make it appear that Airstaia-wisims. seize.ll.tvaria, and ,to.disarrn in.a'dicgragefoi ; the brave soldiers .0. that countryi. tequiredi these, troops to make a fruitlessidefence.: .licret French artifice succeeded in in liking foreign' blood' flow fortbeir advantage.,,and in turning the artno of: our German brethren against their deliverers. first bridge was, scarce formed by a feW(.. poets; wheat The advanced guard of the fifth corps luzstened krosti the Iser, and pursued the enemy until 4 night. > The troops are. animated with an excellent .spirit, andt sing war songs.under the thunderof tho cannon, The advanced corps of Field Marshal Jer.lt.Actts ct entered Munich. at eleven yesterday forenoon. The King and Queen ham fled under French protection to Augsburgh. ,•• The fourth army corps passed the Ler, without oPPolitinn, at.Dingalfingen. The first and second corps have, after some quo! , cessful fighting, advanced to Ambrg, tichavandort; Ind .Kira, pear Ratisbon. General BEr.r.gt.w.oe cannot sufficiently praise the gallant spirit and un daunted resolution of his troops. sirrn BULLETIN., I - 104.quartcr.. Sadie, April 17. On the 10th and the 11th his Imperial 'nest the Archduke ionN, with the army under his command, entered the territory oiFrioule, by Pon.. teba, Cividale and.. Gertz, and after some opposition, advanced on the,l3th to the Tagliamento. The enemy retired across the river, in order to join with the troops in their rear. This junction, which probably took place at Sac! to; made the hostile army five divisions strong. In the night of the t 4th his Imperial high ness proceeded with the advanced guard towards Pordenone ; the remainder of 'the an - ny followed at day•break. The enemy's advanced guard was at Pordenone, and his army was posted between that: place and Suite, near Fontanafredda. In this sirea• tion an glion commenced, which, after a sangui nary contest of two days, tertninattAl entirely to our advantage. The Vice King of Italy commanded the French army. Thu result was so decisive, that the enemy could.not maintain themselves behind the Livenza, but were obliged to retreat rapidly to the Piave. The prisoners amount already to bunt), among whom are Generals.Pazt tu.d BiIESSAN. More are constantly brought in. The loss in killed and wounded greatly exceeds this number, and we have taken Iti cannon and three eagles. The army, which obtained this brilliant viaory, after withstanding all the hardships of a march, through ridges of mountains, has performed sll that could be expeaed of the most excellent troops. They. have displayed a courage in battle which can only be equalled by the patience and firmness in en during privations. The artillery particularly distin guished themselves, and maintained their :Indent glory. .A... , •1• 0 ••••.1.••••=ftw• DREADFUL FIRE. Last night a fire broke out on beard a vessel along ; side of 'the key adjoining Billingsgate Dock, wb:cis raged with the Utmost Wry for several hours, not withstanding the most active exertions to subdue This calamitous event began about ten o'clock,: and soon spread to the contiguous Shipping, and to the rengeof warehouses w hich extend from the Dock along Dyce These warehouses, which were unfortii nately with sugars, tar, oil, hemp, turpentine, tallow, &c. &c. were all successively consumed, and the volumes of fire, though generally speaking al most uniformly thrown up, were rendered more In rions and horrible every ten or fifteen minutes by 'some 'new' combustible matter which they caught. The tire communicated in a gradual but rapid Manner to the vessels next the shore, and it began with as sailing the masts, sails, t”-.1 . rigging of those in the immediate tiers. The . sight from London and Black friars Bridges was awfully effeaing and it was at one period apprehended that it would. be impos,ible to preserve the whole of the shipping in that part of the river from absolute ruin. Fortunately the tide fa vouring about eleven o'clock, by the efforts which were made 'for the preservation of the vessels in the dock, several were towed 'out, although with extreme difficulty. Four were completely burnt. and about the sane number darnaged.-4 floating engine, which was worked with great skill, wag of considerable service in preventing the exten sion of the flames along the river. The vessel on board of which the fire broke out, had neatly' the whole of her cargo in, which was destoyed. • The fire ,ragedAvith greet fury during the whole of the night, and threatened every contiguous lug. The first appearance of the tire' was in that part of the Key where '.the Margate and flarnsgstn Fioys are generally stationed. The sight, in various parts of the metropolis , and the suburbs, was tro mendoutlindeed, and a. ; prodigious crowd. dock ,'(1 mu the fatal spot. The fire Men in general deserve hi h + prnie their zeal and The ims of I,r.fieq mi t \ t be immense. ,Two.or three per , .o n i a re „,„4110 l~ tits fallen vititims on .this melancholy ocoac:on, The Britannia Margate boy, a brig from Hul;, and another vessel from Deal, have heen.desltoye: by the fire;.. It was. still burning when this Papot was put to,press, but was so far subdued, that,llo. farther injury was apprehended.. A. Wutnec, it said in her fright fell down stairs, .and was killed on the spot. Pante advices state, that the insurreolion in Helk sia has become very formidable. This day Smithfield market had a middling suppl.v of prime beasts, and the slew of cattle in gel,erai was pretty good; Beef, Mutton, and. La►►►b aro cheaper than our last report; Veal is dearer; Pork sold at last price, and the trade for the rno.)l part was somewhat brisk. 'The sales in the Haymarket were rather lively; Hay, Straw, and Omer fetched better prices than Friday's market. Coto EXCHANGE ' MAY 16.--Thin day there art. tolerable supplies of Wheat, and fine sampi are ; t an advance of is. snd 25. per quarter t ('bear gm,- ties at little variation. Barley in rarge !inpply, again cheaper ;. Malt likewise - Pease and B2Fics vt the two kinds hardly support !tut price,; Oats :lie in middling supilly, and this trade is trtentivned at a :Tide dearer,- our at our last quotation. ...., c` ~,